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Christoph Hein, a novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist, is among Europe’s most respected literary and political voices. A former president of German PEN, he is the author of the internationally acclaimed and award winning novels The Distant Lover and The Tango Player, which have been translated into seventeen languages. He lives in Berlin.

Christoph Hein, a novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist, is among Europe’s most respected literary and political voices. A former president of German PEN, he is the author of the internationally acclaimed and award winning novels The Distant Lover and The Tango Player, which have been translated into seventeen languages. He lives in Berlin.

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